Example sentences of "[adj] i could " in BNC.
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| 31 | After that I could never see the point of toiling up a steep incline in preference to riding comfortably on a ski-lift ! |
| 32 | At times like that I could not care a toss for JTR and wondered why the hell I was in such a situation . |
| 33 | After that I could n't get rid of him . |
| 34 | It was only after the resolution which this experience brought that I could say with a new reality , ‘ This God is my God . ’ |
| 35 | If I could do that I could do anything , as a chef once said to me when I told him he had sprinkled sugar on a steak and kidney pie . |
| 36 | The Working Party helped me to express my lesbianism in a positive way in that I could come out , and it helped me to deal with the suspicion and fears of colleagues Black and white , gay or straight , male or female . |
| 37 | And after that I could n't really get back into it . |
| 38 | After that I could n't see inside any more ; it was too bright . |
| 39 | While I spoke like that I could pretend that Syl and his house were unreal and my projected presence in it merely an extension of that fantasy , but the wedding loomed ever closer like a rock and I , poor ship , was about to founder on it . |
| 40 | After that I could n't be touched , of course . |
| 41 | ‘ What has he got that I could n't give you ? ’ he asked in a dull tone that chilled Ruth more than if he had bawled at her . |
| 42 | it then for that lesson , but after that I could n't remember again how to do it |
| 43 | And I thought , if I got that I could give it to Irene and could go wedding . |
| 44 | Opal Fruits and things like that I could of got them that but of course a great big bag of Minstrels , you could n't just let them rummage through that , so what I done I took a couple of handfuls out and put them in here |
| 45 | whether we needed to go back for anything to go in the fridge or freezer If I got this page sort of full by the end of the week , people there were picking out their , they were getting tea bags and coffee and biscuits , you know for two pages full , I 've got one page full and of course with that I could get erm , packet of the Ferrera Roche |
| 46 | I mean , for that I could have , do a lovely one for under , a reasonable price , and they 're going straight for the cord . |
| 47 | Because my hair is dry I could really see and feel the difference and the fact that it did n't leave a coating or residue on my hair was great for me . ’ |
| 48 | I do n't know if it was the Irish temper in me or the Mexican , but I leapt on to the first marine I could reach . |
| 49 | It 's funny how the mind works at a time like this I could n't hear anything so I called : ‘ Warton , Golf Zulu Sierra . |
| 50 | But even this I could not do . |
| 51 | Once the legs were jointed I turned the leg and stretcher assembly upside down on to the bottom of the seat and from this I could mark the centres to be drilled and set the bevels to repeat the process . |
| 52 | It was the solitude growing around me , growing under me : this I could n't take . |
| 53 | This is bloody hard work — if I 'd wanted a holiday like this I could have gone down the mines for a fortnight . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ I am very proud of what the film has said — and by saying this I could possibly lose a lot of work from the people who make glamorous war films , ’ he admitted . |
| 55 | This I could have done from the Royal College — but it was Oxford I wanted — and to go to Somerville where I had a friend who told me about it . |
| 56 | ‘ I made it clear I could not comment in case I prejudiced proceedings . ’ |
| 57 | As I had no access to the Swansea accounts during that time , it was clear I could n't have embezzled anything from the company . |
| 58 | the water stood so clear I could not gauge |
| 59 | By all the normal rules I should have pulled away before that , but if the road was clear I could let things get more serious before doing anything , and if it was blocked it was already too late . |
| 60 | You 've been very gentle with me , which makes it even worse ; perhaps if you 'd been more brutal I could have managed to stop … but then you would never be brutal . |